Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

^start of line

Group 1([A-zÀ-ÿ]{2,}([.-])?)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Character Class[A-zÀ-ÿ]{2,}

{2,}matches at least 2 characters from the set below:

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

À-ÿone character from À (192₁₀) to ÿ (255₁₀) (case sensitive)

Group 2([.-])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[.-]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

Group 3( ?(([A-zÀ-ÿ]){2,}([.-])?))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 4(([A-zÀ-ÿ]){2,}([.-])?)

Group 5([A-zÀ-ÿ]){2,}

{2,}repeats the group contents below at least 2 times:

Character Class[A-zÀ-ÿ]

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

À-ÿone character from À (192₁₀) to ÿ (255₁₀) (case sensitive)

Group 6([.-])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[.-]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 7(([A-zÀ-ÿ]){2,}([.-])?)+

+repeats the group contents below at least once:

Group 8([A-zÀ-ÿ]){2,}

{2,}repeats the group contents below at least 2 times:

Character Class[A-zÀ-ÿ]

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

À-ÿone character from À (192₁₀) to ÿ (255₁₀) (case sensitive)

Group 9([.-])?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

Character Class[.-]

.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

$end of line

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Match Information

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Quick Reference

27 tokens

Regular Expression

^([A-zÀ-ÿ]{2,}([.-])?)+( ?(([A-zÀ-ÿ]){2,}([.-])?))* (([A-zÀ-ÿ]){2,}([.-])?)+$

New

xfbhc-xbfdfg fdhfdhdrhhdffh grgfdbdf ñÁ-ñÁ

dfgffsdfd-dfggsgsg sr. sfefsg

Roberto Jr.

Carlos-pablos Petrosyan jr.

carlos-pablos Petrosyan jr.

Rodrigo Jr. Ahora

Gabriel Ira rodrigez. jr.

Gabriel Ira rodr-igez. jr.

Ira Gabriel rodb nman-jnir ngor

Ira gabriel rodb nman-jnir. ngo

Gabriel Jr. Ira rodr-igez jr-

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fdghdf dggdg  dgdghdh  dfff  dgggddggdgh

Gabriel Ira rodr-igez. jr. 

Gabriel Jr.. Ira rodr-igez. jr.

Gabriel.. Jr. Ira rodr-igez. jr.

rodrigo jr.. ahora

knlknllk k fgjnfn

hgh

hgghrhgfnf

 jhdsbdhfbj

dfvdfvf sdvds